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Briggens House Hotel and Attached Upper Terrace and Tank at West, Along a Drive, 300 Metres South of the Lodge

A Grade II Listed Building in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7816 / 51°46'53"N

Longitude: 0.0483 / 0°2'53"E

OS Eastings: 541392

OS Northings: 211201

OS Grid: TL413112

Mapcode National: GBR LDF.71G

Mapcode Global: VHHM5.SHD2

Plus Code: 9F32Q2JX+J8

Entry Name: Briggens House Hotel and Attached Upper Terrace and Tank at West, Along a Drive, 300 Metres South of the Lodge

Listing Date: 24 January 1967

Last Amended: 19 September 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1307983

English Heritage Legacy ID: 159963

Also known as: Briggens House Hotel
Briggens House Hotel and attached upper terrace and tank at west, along a drive, 300 metres south of the Lodge
Briggens

ID on this website: 101307983

Location: Briggens Park, East Hertfordshire, SG12

County: Hertfordshire

District: East Hertfordshire

Civil Parish: Hunsdon

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Hunsdon

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

Tagged with: Hotel English country house Country house hotel

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Description


TL 41SW
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HUNSDON,
HARLOW ROAD (A414) (South Side),
Briggens House Hotel (formerly listed as Briggens) and attached Upper Terrace and Tank at W, along a drive, 300 metres S. of the Lodge

24.1.67

G.V. II


Country House, now an hotel. Circa 1719 by the mason Christopher Cass (1678-1734) (Gunnis (1968) 88) for Robert Chester, a director of South Sea Company: 2-bay N and S blocks and 2nd floor added for Thomas Blackmore probably c1770 (name and date on stable bell): N end and W side extensions in 1899: alterations 1908 for H C Gibbs (RCHM Typescript). Former country house on hilltop site facing W in a landscaped park probably designed by Bridgeman. Grey brick with stone dressings, hipped slate roof, Portland stone upper terrace on S end overlooking a tank of York stone. 3 storeys above basement, 7 windows front. 3-window central portion breaks forward. Stone bands at each floor level and blocking course to stone cornice. 2-window, 2 storeys and mansard side wings rebuilt in C19, project and are linked by a single storey stone screen with 6 casement windows flanking door with open pediment. 3-window block on S end with upper terrace in Portland stone attached facing S. Balustrade of low square piers with stone rails between supported on stone balls. E front has large full height 3-window central bow and basement storey clad in stone. Recessed sash windows generally. A drawing exists for a chimneypiece for Briggens by James Thornhill dated 1720 but the interior is completely C19. A large C18 country house with later additions, in a prominent position on a hilltop. Part of an immediate group of outbuildings and part of a wider landscape composition.
(VCH (1912) 325-6: Gibbs (1915) 23-6: Pevsner (1977) 343: HLHS (1979) 38: RCHM Typescript).


Listing NGR: TL4139211201

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